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🎁 Have someone on your list who’s impossible to shop for? Skip the socks and scented candles — give a gift that actually matters with Oxfam Unwrapped. From lifesaving water buckets to chickens that help families thrive, these gifts do more than clutter shelves. ☕ Show them you care and change lives. Because, let’s face it, they don’t need another mug. https://lnkd.in/eNhKhVXK

✨ Exciting news! We're thrilled to introduce The Oxfam Canada Bulletin — our brand-new LinkedIn newsletter. Every edition brings you: ✅ Insights from our experts driving advocacy, emergency response, and long-term development. ✅ Stories from the front lines of advancing women’s and human rights. Let’s grow this community of changemakers together — share the newsletter and invite others to subscribe! We can’t wait to hear your thoughts. 💬

On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, we remember. On December 6, 1989, 14 women were killed at École Polytechnique in Montreal simply because they were women. Their names remain a powerful reminder of the violence rooted in misogyny. 🌹 Geneviève Bergeron 🌹 Hélène Colgan 🌹 Nathalie Croteau 🌹 Barbara Daigneault 🌹 Anne-Marie Edward 🌹 Maud Haviernick 🌹 Maryse Laganière 🌹 Maryse Leclair 🌹 Anne-Marie Lemay 🌹 Sonia Pelletier 🌹 Michèle Richard 🌹 Annie St-Arneault 🌹 Annie Turcotte 🌹 Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Thirty-five years later, we honour their memory by continuing to advocate for a world free from gender-based violence. Today, we reaffirm our commitment to fight for a world where women, girls, 2SLGBTQ+ and non-binary people can live free from violence. Let’s stand together against violence and call for a future of justice, equity, and peace. #16DaysofActivism #December6 #GenderJustice #EndViolenceAgainstWomen

🤯 DYK? 3.8 million Canadians live in poverty, struggling with soaring housing and grocery costs. 💰 It’s high time to build a fair tax system where the wealthiest pay their fair share.  📈 Bold tax reforms - like windfall and monopoly profit taxes - could raise over $58 billion to tackle inequality and fund a just energy transition.  Our friends Canadians For Tax Fairness published a report where you can learn how billions in untaxed profits are fuelling inequality and how #TaxJustice can fix it. Read it below! https://lnkd.in/gdAE6qJg

🧡 Happy #16DaysofActivism! 16 Days is an international campaign that raises awareness about gender-based violence and runs from November 25 (International Day Against Violence Against Women) to December 10 (International Human Rights Day). 🙌 To get started, our very own Shamminaz Polen writes about the importance of breaking the silence on gender-based violence and her visit to the Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada-funded project #We-Talk in Jamaica. https://lnkd.in/eMhVdAaE

Last night, we celebrated the launch of the 2024 State of World Population report together with Parliamentarians and Senators, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and CAPPD. It has been 30 years since the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, a pivotal moment that shifted global focus towards women's rights, development, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).   Despite progress, the past decade has witnessed alarming rollbacks in women's rights worldwide, including in Canada. Oxfam Canada’s Alexandra Wilson talked about some of the efforts of Oxfam Canada’s Her Future, Her Choice project in Malawi to make improvements to the restrictive abortion laws and the devastating outcomes that women face when fundamental health care is made illegal. She emphasized the devastating consequences of denying women access to essential healthcare, underscoring the urgent need for policy changes and increased support for women's rights. Her Future, Her Choice is a project funded by Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada.

📚 TODAY'S MUST READ The civil war in Sudan has uprooted millions, creating the world’s largest displacement crisis. Behind the staggering numbers are human stories - like that of Achol Ring Tong, a 21-year-old mother navigating life on the move, from fleeing violence in Sudan to seeking safety in South Sudan. In Renk, South Sudan, Oxfam is providing clean water and cash assistance to over 90,000 refugees and returnees like Achol, supporting them as they navigate unimaginable challenges. 💡 Read Achol’s full story and learn more about Oxfam’s response to this crisis: https://lnkd.in/ezCT8Rjx #SudanCrisis #RefugeeStories #OxfamCanada #HumanitarianAid

💚 We are thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Deputy Director Humanitarian at Oxfam Canada, Dalia Al-Awqati!   💡 With a Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Global Studies from Earlham College (US) and a Master of Arts in Human Rights, Specialization: International Justice (Hungary), Dalia brings more than twenty years of experience in the non-profit sector. She is known for her leadership, strategic thinking, and ability to guide teams and deliver results and particularly her humanitarian leadership experience.   🆘 Her previous roles included Emergency Country Director at the International Rescue Committee. She also served as the North Syria Director of Programs at Mercy Corps in Turkey and at the Danish Refugee Council as an Acting Country Director in Egypt and a Head of Program in Jordan. Before joining us for this brand-new role at Oxfam Canada, Dalia was the Head of Humanitarian Affairs for Save the Children Canada. 📚 Outside of work, Dalia enjoys spending time with family, reading, and traveling.    💚 We are excited for Dalia to bring fresh ideas, new approaches, and strengthened humanitarian perspectives to Oxfam’s work in Canada and globally. Please join us in giving Dalia a warm welcome!

🌟 Today is World Children's Day! And every child deserves access to high-quality early learning and child care. The $10aDay Child Care Plan has already made care more affordable for over 1 million families, but there’s still work to do! At Oxfam Canada, we’re calling on governments to: ✅ Expand the $10aDay plan ✅ Improve wages and working conditions for early childhood educators. ✅ Create more public and non-profit child care spaces. Child care is a public good so let’s ensure no family is left behind. Join us in the #10DaysOfAction to build a brighter future for children across Canada. 💪 Together, we can make child care accessible for all. SIGN TODAY - https://lnkd.in/gNp6bPvX cc. Child Care Now

🙅♀️ PSA: Your colleagues don't need a scented candle as a holiday gift. Let’s be real. Linda doesn’t need another hot chocolate kit. Mike definitely doesn’t need another desk organizer he’ll never use. But a gift that helps people in vulnerable communities thrive? Now we're talking. ✨ 💖 Oxfam Unwrapped symbolic gifts are great for workplace gifting. Think cash vouchers, clean water kits, or even school supplies for communities in need. ✏️ 🌍 Head over to Oxfam Unwrapped and make your gifts this year actually matter. Because fighting inequality > awkward Secret Santa swaps. 💚 https://lnkd.in/e-TAKyrd